ZIP 02554 vs ZIP 02564

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02554 (Nantucket, MA) and ZIP 02564 (Siasconset, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02554 has a population of 9,852 at 94 people per square mile, while ZIP 02564 has 310 at 21 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 02554 reports a median household income of $140,938 against — in ZIP 02564, with per-capita income of $77,336 vs $59,656. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 56.2% in 02554 and 65.7% in 02564. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 35.0%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 0.0% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $1,595,700 in 02554 versus $1,652,200 in 02564, with median rent of $2,224 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs 93.6%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.